When you were saved, you saw things differently?
After all, the Spirit of Jesus is living inside of you...
2007-02-09 12:07:19 · 15 answers · asked by Doug 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Simple Jim:
You didn't have to answer.
2007-02-09 12:11:41 · update #1
You won't agree with me...but I feel alot better not believing in God or Jesus.
2007-02-09 12:13:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I tried to be a christian but I have to say that no, I did not see things differently. I also felt no different and never felt the presence of any type of holy spirit. After years of struggling with that and trying my best to connect with "god" I gave up and became an atheist.
2007-02-09 20:13:32 · answer #2 · answered by Stormilutionist Chasealogist 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was saved by the grace and wisdom of Lucifer, who made me realize that I could save myself by taking self-responsibility. So I definitely saw things differently. I prefer to think the essence of all that is, is alive inside me (rather than calling it Jesus, it's probably quite similar). Or, as Carl Sagan said, "We are all made of star stuff."
2007-02-09 20:16:01 · answer #3 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The faculty that makes us moral is what’s really spiritual in humans
The most spiritual person is the person who lives morally. To do so one must have brains. One must not allow himself to get drunk on faith, or desire, or any other emotion. Logical reasoning is where morality resides. Morality is the guiding code we need to live in reality, not in fantasy.
A person who thinks that it is possible to acquire KNOWLEDGE through faith instead of reason cannot understand what morality is.
Faith can lead us to live immorally because it can't help us in distinguishing the good from the bad. Faith tells us that anything that God says must be good (no matter what He might ask of us), that holy books are good (no matter what they say), and that there are only certain prophets that know and others that know nothing or are mistaken. Faith tells us that regardless of what logical contradictions one detects with his mind, he must ignore them and choose faith instead and in spite.
Faith, like desire and all other emotions, is not useful to acquire any knowledge of anything material or spiritual. Logical reasoning is the only reliable and practical tool we have to make sense of the world, to distinguish the truth from falsehood and realty from fantasy.
There can be no peace, no justice, and no happiness without reason, while faith is the enemy of all three. Imagine what you would feel if you were found guilty in a court of law by a judge who said: "You are guilty because God tells me so!"
2007-02-09 20:53:24 · answer #4 · answered by DrEvol 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!
When I was saved from Jesus, everything became brighter. The world seemed more miraculous. And I've been much happier, all around. That's when my quest for truth started. Once you shed the Xian dogma and start thinking for yourself, your whole outlook changes. For the better!
2007-02-09 20:19:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
After I left Christianity and became a Pagan is when I saw things differently. I am much closer to God now than when I was a Christian.
2007-02-09 20:12:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was a Christian, I saw things differently. I believed that my wishes would be fulfilled by putting my hands together, closing my eyes and talking to myself. I now know that it does nothing, because this is a purely material universe. There is nothing that is supernatural.
2007-02-09 20:12:48 · answer #7 · answered by Incoherent Fool 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What does saved mean? What is this thing you are saved from? I don't have Jesus and I'm never in danger.
2007-02-09 20:12:35 · answer #8 · answered by Derek 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well doug i was a christian and i didn't really see things differently if anything i saw the ugly side of the religion which is why i left i noticed all of the paranoia and whatnot and i said to myself i have to leave this religion as i can't live my life this way in constant fear and whatnot
2007-02-09 20:20:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
All the time. Never stops. Keeps going and going and going.
No I am not promoting that pink bunny either.
Even though they are good batteries.
2007-02-09 20:34:41 · answer #10 · answered by אידיאליסטי™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋